Standground, Huntingdonshire Genealogy

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Parish History[edit | edit source]

Stanground is an Ancient Parish partly in Cambridge but mostly in Huntingdonshire. Farcet is also a chapelry within this parish. See also Stanground, Cambridgeshire.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration
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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

As this parish is mostly in Huntingdonshire, the parish records are listed there in the FHL Catalog. The Anglican parish church records are as follows:

  • Parish registers for Stanground: 1538-1876 | FHL Film Numbers 1040751, 1040752, 1040753, 1040754
  • Biship transcripts for Stanground: 1604-1858 | Film Numbers 1041712, 1041713
  • Parish registers for Facet: 1641-1876 | Film Number 1040984
  • Bishop transcripts for Facet: 1660-1857 | Film Number 1040923


Non Conformist Churches
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Census records
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Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.


Probate records
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Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Huntingdonshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
England Jurisdictions 1851
Vision of Britain 

Web sites
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